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Summary

Hut circle of 8 metres diameter with walls 3 metres wide by up to 0.9 metres high adjoining a small hut to the south within settlement in Tavy Cleave to the north of Standon Hill. Doorway faces south.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1007666: Stone hut circle settlement and enclosures 970m east of Ger Tor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SE/23/8
• Old SAM Ref: 22355
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX58SE11

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950/1979, SX58SE11, SX58SE11 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV236763.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133058 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited on 19th April 1993. Hut circle forming part of a hut settlement. Terraced into the hillslope and is of the conjoined plan, single orthostat, coursed and rubble bank walling type. Interior of the central room measures 8 metres in diameter and is defined by a 3 metres wide single orthostat and coursed wall standing up to 0.9 metres high. Doorway survives as a gap in the surrounding wall and faces south. Interior of the northern room measures 3 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.8 metres wide by 0.4 metres high rubble wall. A gap in the north-west wall may represent an original doorway. The west room measures 2.3 metres by 2 metres and is surrounded by a 1.3 metres wide by 0.4 metres high rubble bank.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 103, Map 32, Site 6 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle of circa 7.0 metres diameter at 'Tavy Cleave East' settlement. It has a smaller hut of circa 2 metres diameter built just outside the entrance with the jambs still in place.

Probert, S. + Fletcher, M. + Newman, P., 1998, The Archaeology of the MOD Willsworthy Estate: An Archaeological Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England NMR Reports for each monument Part 2 (Report - Survey). SDV360379.

Hut circle at SX 55738304 of 7.6 metres diameter with walls 1.8 metres wide by 1 metre high adjoining a small hut to the south.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Hut circle shown on survey.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7368 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy (1998)
• EDV6663 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6664 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6665 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV8141 - Condition survey of the Willsworthy Training Area

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